Trader Joe's Opening At Thruway Center

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City league seeks input on Jordan Lake watershed rules

A lobbying group for the state’s cities and towns is polling its members about whether they’d like the 2013 General Assembly to repeal, modify or retain intact a set of anti-pollution rules for the Jordan Lake watershed.

Photos: Volvo unveils $10M expansion

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Company officials said the next expansion will add 18,700-square-foot to the facility at a cost of $2.5 million, creating space for 12 truck bays. Work is slated for completion in the next seven months. It will not result in new jobs, but about 45 current Volvo employees will be relocated from leased space on Gallimore Dairy Road

Volvo Group on Thursday unveiled a $10 million, 40,000-square-foot expansion to its Technical Center and also announced an additional $2.5 million, 18,700-square-foot facility expansion at Volvo’s Greensboro campus. Along with additional testing space and truck bays, the technical center expansion doubled the size of Volvo’s design studio, which supports new truck design and development. Volvo also added to its test track to allow for testing of heavy-duty truck performance. The technical…

Construction on Hawthorne's luxury apartment project in Greensboro well under way

Construction on a luxury apartment development by Hawthorne Residential Partners on Bridford Parkway in Greensboro is well under way, with plans to welcome the first tenants as early as next month. Officials from Hawthorne Residential Partners could not be reached immediately about the group's Hawthorne at Bridford apartment development. But Nicole Ward, plan review coordinator for the city of Greensboro, said preliminary plans for the project were first approved in May and called for 216 apartments,…

KMW Builders to break ground on Greensboro rental development

KMW Builders is expected to begin construction in December on a $6.5 million, 48-unit affordable apartment community in Greensboro called the Terrace at Rocky Knoll. The site is located Rocky Knoll Road between Randleman Road and Red Chief Street. Patrick Theismann, vice president of Beacon Management, which is developing the project, confirmed that KMW Builders is the contractor and that the development's first units should be available by December 2013. Plans for the development are moving forward…

Greensboro car lot proposal draws residents' ire, planners' support

A proposal to bring a car lot to the corner of Holden Road and Ashland Street near West Wendover Avenue in Greensboro has received the support of city planners, the News & Record reports. The property is zoned commercial, but residents say the owner of the land agreed five years ago to not place a car lot on the site. Plans for VIP Car Mart, proposed by developer Mike Nicholson, will go before the city's zoning commission Oct. 8. A community meeting on the project last week ended with police…

Honda Aircraft Co. breaks ground on $20M MRO facility at PTI

Greensboro-based Honda Aircraft Co. broke ground this morning on a $20 million, 90,000-square-foot maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport, marking a milestone for the company’s plans toward initial production of its $4.5 million lightweight business jet later this year. Against a backdrop of massive earth-moving equipment lined up on 54 acres where the facility is planned, about 100 local and state officials and business executives gathered for the start…

First Citizens to open major new Triad office

First Citizens Bank will open its new main Greensboro office in Irving Park on Oct. 1 and host a grand opening event Oct. 18, the bank has announced. First Citizens (NASDAQ: FCNCA), which is based in Raleigh, is moving administrative personnel from its downtown branch into the new 30,900-square-foot, four-story building. First Citizens plans to close its downtown branch at 100 S. Elm St. in November. Click here for more.

Self Help says it can fix Revolution Mill’s woes

It will be the biggest historic redevelopment project in its history, but the nonprofit lender and developer Self Help said it is confident it can fulfill a vision of a fully reborn community along the Yanceyville Street corridor in Greensboro. Self Help Ventures Funds, the development unit of the Durham-based organization, won the foreclosure auction for the Revolution Mill, a sprawling 630,000-square-foot former Cone Mills textile plant that has been partially redeveloped into Class A office space.

Three Triad colleges receive $11.1 million in federal funds

The U.S. Department of Education is awarding $11.08 million to three historically black colleges and universities in the Triad. In Greensboro, N.C. A&T State University and Bennett College will receive $5.25 million and $1.46 million respectively. Winston-Salem State University will get $4.38 million. The funding is part of $227.9 million in five-year grants awarded to nearly 100 HBCUs nationwide by the Education Department. The money will be used to strengthen the schools' academic resources,…

PTI receives $6.1M grant for taxiway extension

The Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro has been selected to receive a $6.1 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for a taxiway extension needed for Honda Aircraft Co.'s new $20 million maintenance, repair and overhaul facility. The grant will go toward a project to extend parallel Taxiway M from Taxiway M6 to the threshold of Runway 23L, according to an according to an announcement from U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. “This funding will create jobs while providing much-needed…

Pharmaceutical company in Greensboro adding 14 jobs under expansion

GREENSBORO — Piedmont Pharmaceuticals is adding 14 jobs and investing $279,000 over the next three years as part of an expansion in Greensboro, the governor's office said today in a news release.

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Massive Reedy Fork Ranch was solid idea, leaders say

GREENSBORO — Mayor Robbie Perkins was a member of the City Council that in 2000 annexed the Reedy Fork Ranch area in anticipation of 3,700 houses plus retail stores, offices and other projects on a 1,300-acre tract on U.S. 29.

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Greenway at Fisher Park Receives First Tenants

It took nearly eight years for a project at the former North State Chevrolet dealership downtown to get off the drawing board. Two weeks ago, tenants started occupying the first completed building. By mid-August, all five buildings in the $10 million complex should be complete.read more
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Salt Box to open lighting showroom

Nancy Moore may have decided to close her shop at State Street Station, but that doesn't mean that she's retiring. Moore, who opened her store in 1974, is simply shifting her focus to the lighting side of her business. The Salt Box has manufactured lighting since the 1980's. Their clients are mostly architects and interior designers, Moore said. read more

Greensboro Inn closes

The beleaguered Greensboro Inn is out of business. The hotel on Summit Avenue closed June 1 in an agreement with the city of Greensboro. As part of the agreement, the owners cannot operate the property for residential purposes without the city’s consent. read more

New jail nears completion in downtown Greensboro

The ribbon will be cut on the new Guilford County Detention Center in downtown Greensboro next Monday, ending a long journey for Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes. “I was told when I was elected sheriff in 1994 that the biggest problem was going to be the jail,” Barnes said. read more

UNCG seeks a new nursing program

UNCG is among several state schools seeking a new nursing degree program that nursing professionals said will help them meet the demands of the changing health-care system. Next week, the university will ask the UNC Board of Governors for permission to plan a doctor of nursing practice program. The UNC staff has recommended the board approve the program. read more

Greensboro Coliseum Asks For Improvements

About $15 million worth of the projects could begin as soon as this year, with the council’s approval. Improvements could add more bathrooms and better concession stands to the upper concourse of the coliseum, replacement of 20-year-old stadium seats, widening the concourse of the Greensboro Aquatic Center. In addition, coliseum officials have found the hallway is too narrow to accommodate the crowds it has drawn.

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Hayes-Taylor YMCA To Discuss Move

The Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA will hold a meeting later this month about its proposed move to Barber Park. The meeting will be at 10 a.m. Jan. 28 at the Gateway University Research Park's South Campus Auditorium at 2901 E. Lee St. The Hayes-Taylor Y is now at 1101 E. Market St.; however, N.C. A&T is buying that site, which is adjacent to campus. The YMCA is considering a move to a 15-acre site at East Lee and Florida streets.

Hayes-Taylor YMCA to hold meeting about move : News-Record.com : Greensboro

Deep Roots Gets City Loan

The natural foods co-op grocery store's planned move got a funding boost via its developer, North Eugene Partners. The 10,500-sqft building will enable the co-op to offer: Full Service Deli with Café Seating, Fresh Clean-Raised Meats and Cheeses, Beer and Wine, An Expanded Selection of Many Products, Customer Service Desk, Community Room for Events and Classes. The cooperative is poised to serve as a hub for Greensboro’s growing local food economy.



Council OKs loan to assist Deep Roots : News-Record.com : Greensboro

UNCG ready to clean up old houses

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has begun the process of demolishing burned houses in the Glenwood neighborhood. The houses are being removed so that UNCG can start construction of student housing as part of its West Lee Street expansion. Construction of the student housing should start by early 2012-summer and should be ready by 2013-August.

UNCG ready to clean up old houses : News-Record.com : Greensboro

Commission picks developer for South Elm Street site

The Redevelopment Commission of Greensboro chose South Elm Development Group LLC to develop seven acres south of Lee Street. The company is a partnership that includes Robert Isner, a key developer of downtown’s Southside neighborhood, and Bob Chapman, Durham-based TND Partners.

Commission picks developer for South Elm Street site : News-Record.com : Greensboro